The Apprentice 2014.......................

The Apprentice 2014.......................

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Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

153 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Wouldn't have been my choice, but hey ho.

KTF

9,823 posts

151 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Ricky Martins client list will be getting calls asking if they want to optimise their websites search results now...

BrotherMouzone

3,169 posts

175 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Vocal Minority said:
Wouldn't have been my choice, but hey ho.

A bit of PH cloud funding for Bianca perhaps? biggrin

photosnob

1,339 posts

119 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Told ya.

Anyone can copy calored tights. She has nothing apart from a horrible personality.

DUMBO100

1,878 posts

185 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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AS has just given £250 k to Google and even the idea is 5 yrs out of date, it's Social media nowadays

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

153 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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That said - the more I think about it, the costs to start up Bianca's idea would be ferocious...could it be that Suralans 250k wouldn't make a dent in what she would need, and she would need to find way more - and maybe that is too much risk

Edited by Vocal Minority on Sunday 21st December 22:10

DSLiverpool

14,769 posts

203 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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£250k on Adwords? I've been quoted £40k+ fir my company Seo and if it gets me no extra orders I have no recourse plus if I spent £20k on Adwords would it do the sane ?

FourWheelDrift

88,576 posts

285 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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ash73 said:
climbonline gets me to a rock climbing web site...?
They don't know who wins until tonight (yesterday) when filmed. So the new business will not launch until later, I would assume so nothing is online yet.

The Moose

22,867 posts

210 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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FourWheelDrift said:
ash73 said:
climbonline gets me to a rock climbing web site...?
They don't know who wins until tonight (yesterday) when filmed. So the new business will not launch until later, I would assume so nothing is online yet.
Climb Online Ltd was incorporated in June 2014 and has links to Amsvest Ltd...

CMYKguru

3,017 posts

176 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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SEO approach is no better than telesales or PPI companies

All about harassing people down the phone until the gullible amongst them give in.

DrDoofenshmirtz

15,270 posts

201 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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The Moose said:
FourWheelDrift said:
ash73 said:
climbonline gets me to a rock climbing web site...?
They don't know who wins until tonight (yesterday) when filmed. So the new business will not launch until later, I would assume so nothing is online yet.
Climb Online Ltd was incorporated in June 2014 and has links to Amsvest Ltd...
Only a complete idiot would settle on a company name before checking if the domain name is available online. Climbonline.co.uk, .com and .net are taken.
The show is a joke.

CMYKguru

3,017 posts

176 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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DrDoofenshmirtz said:
The Moose said:
FourWheelDrift said:
ash73 said:
climbonline gets me to a rock climbing web site...?
They don't know who wins until tonight (yesterday) when filmed. So the new business will not launch until later, I would assume so nothing is online yet.
Climb Online Ltd was incorporated in June 2014 and has links to Amsvest Ltd...
Only a complete idiot would settle on a company name before checking if the domain name is available online. Climbonline.co.uk, .com and .net are taken.
The show is a joke.
FIX

North West Tom

11,530 posts

178 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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I do find it bizarre how these candidates who are so passionate about their business and have put their lives into them don't even have a name? And the branding as well? This was just like any other task they have done. Has Lord Sugar really just splurged £250k (not much to him, I know) on someone whose name, branding, advertising, pricing strategy etc was all done in just two or three days?

veevee

1,455 posts

152 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Confused that noone has pointed out that none of the candidates seem to have anything more than a back-of-a-napkin business plan, and when pressed for any kind of detail just make up any old st?

Funk

26,303 posts

210 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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What's also conspicuous by its absence is any form of follow-up on previous years' 'winners'. I notice they trotted out Tom, Ricky and Leah on You're Hired but no word at all on whether the investment experiments have actually worked. We've seen more reporting on acrimonious splits between Sugar and his 'hires' and very little on following up on the claims that he wants to 'start businesses' in these 'tough times'.

I'm inclined to think that many of these ideas just haven't really worked very well or been successful enough to shout about.

p1doc

3,126 posts

185 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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lord sugar did say last 3 winners were now in profit with ricky employing 23 people at present so all doing well
martin

FourWheelDrift

88,576 posts

285 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Here's some treeness, Aventom with Tom Pellerau at the top, I think he's doing alright for himself.

https://www.kompany.pt/o/uk/alan+sugar?oid=5654276... & http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07746771

Aventom - http://www.aventom.com/


FourWheelDrift

88,576 posts

285 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Dr Leah (Leah Totton) - http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08610855

Ricky Martin - Hyperec is still (it seems) part of Amshold Ltd

Funk

26,303 posts

210 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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I didn't watch all of You're Hired (Mark annoys the tits off me) so maybe it was on a bit I didn't see.

Fair play if they're doing well, Tom especially as he's not your 'typical' winner for something like this and I really wanted him to succeed.

DSLiverpool

14,769 posts

203 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Marks SEO will be interesting with monthly visits, ie month 3 - (client) were selling less Mark (Mark) oh we will do more stuff you cannot see for your £600 a month. Those visits will soon be dreaded by the account managers hence high staff churn and high client churn unless he locks them in in which case the Mail will run "ripped off by Sugars blue eyed boy".

SEO must be hard at the best of time and I think Mark is a butterfly never staying very long in anything hence the crap is behind him.